Biography & Autobiography Artists, Architects, Photographers
L'étoile du nord
Le mystère éternel de Tom Thomson et de la femme qui l’aimait
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2023
- Category
- Artists, Architects, Photographers, Historical, General, Post-Confederation (1867-)
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9782760337398
- Publish Date
- Nov 2023
- List Price
- $95.97
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La légende de Tom Thomson est l’arbre qui cache la forêt. Et Roy MacGregor, qui a grandi à l'ombre du parc Algonquin, voulait percer le mystère.
Au coeur de ces histoires au sujet du célèbre peintre se trouvait Winnie Trainor, une parente de Roy MacGregor. Winnie était la « vieille fille » trop excentrique pour être un personnage romanesque, même si l’on savait bien que Tom Thomson avait été amoureux d’elle.
Par ailleurs, Thomson s’était fait des amis dans le Nord de l’Ontario, mais aussi des ennemis. Il aimait boire un coup. Il partait à l’aventure en canot des journées durant. Il était également perçu comme un séducteur. Était-il bon à rien et coureur de jupons ou, plutôt, gentleman visionnaire ? Noyé ou victime d’un homicide ?
Dans L‘étoile du Nord, MacGregor explore ces mystères, qui n'ont de cesse de nous fasciner, même un siècle plus tard.
About the authors
Benoit Léger est professeur agrégé au département d’Études françaises de l’Université Concordia où il enseigne la traduction générale et littéraire, ainsi que l’histoire de la traduction.
In the fall of 2006, Roy MacGregor, veteran newspaperman, magazine writer, and author of books, came to campus. Since 2002, MacGregor had been writing columns for the Globe and Mail, but he had a long and distinguished career in hand before he came to the national newspaper. He has won National Newspaper Awards and in 2005 was named an officer in the Order of Canada. He is the author of more than 40 books — 28 of them in the internationally successful Screech Owls mystery series for young readers — on subjects ranging from Canada, to the James Bay Cree, to hockey. That fall, he spoke to a packed room in the St. Thomas chapel. After the lecture, Herménégilde Chiasson, the Acadian poet, artist, and New Brunswick's Lieutenant Governor of the day, hosted a reception at the majestic Old Government House on the banks of the St. John River. MacGregor spent the evening surrounded by young journalists and the conversation continued late into the night. After all, there were more than three decades of stories to tell.
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